RixPix wrote:
The first photo is with natural light coming through the windows off to the left, the second is the first shot taken with my new ring light.
Notice how your natural side-light photo looks 3-D, but the ringlight looks flat. This is a typical characteristic of a true ringlight. Try taping about 1/3 of your ringlight, so you have uneven light. See if this restores some depth to your image, by introducing a bit of shadow.